Big Joe’s Extra Tender Pot Roast

By jtoro_318

Ingredients

• 3 lb. sirloin tip roast (serves 4-6)
• salt & pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp fresh chopped garlic (or a little extra if you like)
• 1 1/2 tbsp. red wine vinegar
• 1 cup baby carrots (if you have the real tiny kind leave whole, if regular baby ones you may cut in half lengthwise, about 2 inches in length)
• 1/2 cup celery (cut lengthwise in 2 in. sticks)
• 3 ⁄4 cup red onion (cut into wedge shapes about 1-2 inches)
• 1-2 pkg. brown gravy mix (your preference)
• 1 pkg. egg noodles
• butter
• poppy seeds
• 1 jar of red cabbage

Details

Adapted from nj1015.com

Preparation

Step 1

Begin with seasoning the meat w/salt & pepper and rub it in so it sticks well. If you have the time, searing the meat on all sides in a pan first adds a nice crispness to the outside and helps lock in more of the flavor; however, it’s not necessary.
Place the meat in the crock pot with the water and put on high, then add Worcestershire Sauce, garlic, vinegar and I like to add extra black pepper in at this point but it depends on your taste so that’s purely optional. Keep crock pot on high for first 2 -3 hours then put to med-low. The meat can literally braise in the pot for 8-9 hours.
Make sure you don’t keep opening lid as that will allow some condensation to get out which we need to make the meat tender. Try to only open it when you add your veggies which are about half way into the cooking process.
Give yourself about 20 minutes or so before taking the meat out to make your egg noodles and gravy. For egg noodles, just follow directions and for the gravy make according to package, however use flavorful liquid from crock pot. For this dish, I love the gravy with more of a thinner consistency so I add about 1/3 cup more water. Once gravy & noodles are done remove the meat from the crock pot, turn off and place on cutting board or just right on a large oval platter.
The meat is so tender at this point that it almost becomes stringy like a pulled-pork consistency. Use slotted spoon to retrieve veggies and place around the roast. Pour the gravy over roast but leave some extra for the gravy boat in case you like some on your noodles.
Place egg noodles in bowl, add a pat of butter or two and sprinkle on about a teaspoon of poppy seeds. It really does make for great flavor! Warm up a jar of red cabbage. Oh, and most importantly don’t forget biscuits or bread for some really good dunking! Enjoy.